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USS HENRY B. WILSON was the sixth CHARLES F. ADAMS - class guided missile destroyer and the first ship in the Navy named after Admiral Wilson.
Decommissioned on October 2, 1989, and stricken from the Navy list on January 26, 1990, HENRY B. WILSON was sold to Consolidated Minerals for conversion into a power barge but was repossessed by the Navy on March 22, 1999. The HENRY B. WILSON spent the next years berthed at Benecia, CA, as part of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet before she was towed to Mare Island in preparation for her SINKEX. The HENRY B. WILSON was finally sunk as a target on August 15, 2003, off the coast of southern California.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: March 28, 1957 |
| Keel laid: February 28, 1958 | |
| Launched: April 22, 1959 | |
| Commissioned: December 17, 1960 | |
| Decommissioned: October 2, 1989 | |
| Builder: Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City, Michigan | |
| Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 437 feet (133.2 meters) | |
| Beam: 47 feet (14.3 meters) | |
| Draft: 20 feet (6.1 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 4,500 tons | |
| Speed: 31+ knots | |
| Aircraft:none | |
| Armament: two Mk 42 5-inch/54 caliber guns, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC Missile Launcher, one Mk 11 Mod.0 Missile Launcher for Standard (MR) and Harpoon Missiles | |
| Crew: 24 officers and 330 enlisted |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS HENRY B. WILSON. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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Accidents aboard USS HENRY B. WILSON:
| Date | Where | Events |
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| January 5, 1973 | off Saigon, South Vietnam | USS HENRY B. WILSON suffers an explosion in mount 51 while off Saigon. The explosion destroys a foot of the barrel and injures two crewmen. |
| February 24, 1975 | Subic Bay, Philippines | USS KANSAS CITY (AOR 3) is struck by the HENRY B. WILSON while moored at Subic Bay, Philippines. Both ships suffer minor damage. |
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The photo below is an official US Navy photo taken on June 1, 1991. It shows four CHARLES F. ADAMS - class ships laid up at the Pearl Harbor Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility. Visible are (from left to right): HOEL (DDG 13), JOSEPH STRAUSS (DDG 16), HENRY B. WILSON, and COCHRANE (DDG 21).
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